THE Aries
Full Moon ... the "Lightning Moon" in Antinous Moon Magic ... ushers in
a period of potentially intense and/or sudden change.
Tonight's
Lightning Moon is special because it is also a Super Moon and a Total
Lunar Eclipse ... the first time a Super Total Eclipse has occurred in
three decades.
So, I recommend the following:
Moonstone - this is absolutely the best crystal at this time. It helps accepting change as part of a cycle of moon phases.
Bloodstone - helps you to act in the present moment, and deal with change. It is also meant to help you control the weather!
Clear Calcite - Helps you accept new beginnings.
Aqua Aura -
my favourite suggestion for this lunar cycle. (Photo top of this
entry.) It is clear quartz crystal fired in an oven with gold dust. So
not dissimilar to being struck by gold lightning! The process creates a
magical blue crystal.
Friends
of mine comment on the 'point' I often wear with a deep blue Iolite
mounted in silver with it (one of the attributes of Iolite is supporting
the body in improving physical health).
Aqua
Aura creates space for something new to come into your life. Of course,
being 'created' by man made processes may mean that some people get
sniffy about it!
I
usually only recommend crystals that are readily available. The above
are all readily available although the Aqua Auras can be expensive.
As
this is an unusual moon, however, I thought it might be interesting to
mention two other crystals which are ‘striking’ in that they came about
via massive strikes on the earth. Not from lightening though…
Moldavite –
Thousands of years ago a huge meteorite struck earth in Europe. The
impact site is now covered by regions of Moldova, the Czech Republic and
Germany.
The intense heat of the impact turned the trees, soil and rocks into a deep green "glass" tektite crystal called Moldavite
which was scattered for many miles around the impact crater. Most of
the central crater has now been mined of the tonnes of Moldavite it once
contained. It is much harder to find the crystals blown many miles
away from that central point. So Moldavite can be very expensive –
especially the delicate, tree-like, ones found in the Czech region
of Besednice.
Due
to its origins, Moldavite is ‘high vibrational’. Its energies flow at a
level of vibration above virtually all other crystals. It will put you
in touch with your higher self and ‘higher’ beings – especially if
placed over your third eye. Be careful though! Many people can’t cope
with the sudden head rush that Moldavites can create. I have brain
damage so find I can’t go near them – especially the Besednice ones. I
get very disorientated. My partner loves them so I always carry
grounding crystals in case I come to near him if he is using one!
Libyan Gold/Libyan Glass Tektite - Thousands
of years ago a huge meteorite struck earth in north Africa. The impact
site is now covered by regions of Libya and Egypt. The intense heat of
the impact turned the desert sands into a yellow ‘glass’ tektite crystal
called Libyan Gold or Libyan Glass.
I usually just refer to it as Libyan Glass.
These crystals can be very beautifully and jewellers can turn them into amazing pieces to wear.
The
Egyptian pharaohs sought out chunks of Libyan Glass to adorn their
jewellery – they also knew of its magical attributes… Libyan Glass was
said the bring the sun god – the Aten - to earth.
The Aten was the god who the heretical pharaoh Akhenaten worshipped and tried to make all Egyptians worship.
It
is interesting, therefore, that his son Tutankhamum (under whom Egypt
was returned to its old gods) has a Libyan Glass scarab beetle carved as
the central piece to the strings of jewels lain across his chest for
burial (photo at the top of this entry).
Libyan
Glass will help protect you on any journey, physical or spiritual. It
will also help you to put the past behind you, to separate you from any
negativity you have previously experienced. It is also high vibrational
but the energy is smoother, less dramatic. I love it and have several
pieces including a spear probably a thousand years old.
Love and Light until next week,
MARTIN
MARTIN CAMPBELL is
an author living in Britain who is adept at Antinous Moon Magic in its
special forms of pendulum, card reading and crystal magic. He is the
author of THE LOVE GOD,
a historical novel tracing the life of Antinous from the moment his
tousle-haired head emerges from his mother's womb under auspicious stars
in Asia Minor to the moment his head sinks beneath the swirling waters
of the Nile on a starry evening in Egypt.
